President Barack Obama plans to nominate Margaret Louise Cummisky,...
President Barack Obama plans to nominate Margaret Louise Cummisky, now on staff of Senate Appropriations Committee and ex-Senate Commerce Committee, to be Department of Commerce assistant secretary for legislative and intergovernmental affairs … Genband Executive Chairman David Walsh becomes president and CEO after Charlie Vogt left for Harris Broadcast (CD July 10 p21) … Group 1200 Media digital and entertainment media company hires Mike DuBoise, ex-Universal Studios Home Entertainment, as chief operating officer … C-SAM mobile transactions technology company hires Kurt Weiss, ex-Citigroup, as managing director-global financial institutions, and Conrad Sheehan, ex-mPayy, as vice president and general manager-strategic initiatives.
Gray Television promotions in new management structure: To senior vice presidents are Nick Waller for Mid-Atlantic and South; Bob Smith, Midwest and West; Jason Effinger, media and technology; and General Counsel Kevin Latek, business affairs; and to vice presidents are Charlie Effinger for corporate development and Lisa Guill, production … 21st Century Fox promotes to senior vice presidents Barbara De Santis for broadcast standards, Fox Broadcasting and MundoFox, and Trae Williams for broadcast standards and practices, Fox … Telemundo Media hires Jose Sariego, ex-HBO Latin America Group, as senior vice president-business & legal affairs … FCC names Gregg Sayre, New York State Public Service Commission, to Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services, replacing Randy Mitchell, ex-South Carolina Public Service Commission, retired.